Magnetic deodorant fixture



Jan. 2l, 1969 J, C, VARLEY 3,423,022

MAGNET I C DEODORANT FIXTURE Filed April 5, 196'? 711111111* IIA rum 5 vINVENTOR 20 JACK C. VAR/.EY

ATTORNEY United States Patent C 3,423,022 MAGNETIC DEODGRANT FIXTURE.lack C. Varley, Jack C. Varley Inc., 6801 Hoffmann Ave., St. Louis, Mo.63139 Filed Apr. 5, 1967, Ser. No. 628,686 U.S. Cl. 239-53 Int. Cl. A6119/04 5 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE An important object of thisinvention is to provide magnetic fixtures or carriers for disinfectants,deodorants and like media, which fixtures r carriers may be detachablysecured, in face-to-face relationship to flat, curved or angularsurfaces of supports.

Another important object of this invention is to provide fixtures orcarriers for media as above which fixtures or carriers may bemagnetically attached to metallic supports, or may be secured tonon-metallic supports, such as of wood.

A further object of this invention is to provide a fixture or carrier asdescribed above which is of pliable materials so that, when impregnatedwith suitable media, it may be squeezed in order to rid it of excessmedia so as to obviate drip thereof when the fixture or carrier is incontact with a support.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent duringthe course of the following detailed description thereof, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, forming a portion of thisdisclosure, and in which drawing:

FIG. 1 is a plan View example of a form of the fixtures or carriers ofthis invention with the exposed face thereof disclosing a plurality ofunits of magnetic material.

FIG. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the carrier of FIG. l wrappedpartly around and in face contact with a portion of a curved face of ametallic support.

FIG. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the carrier of FIGS. l and 2 inface contact with a substantially fiat face of a metallic support.

FIG. 4 is a transverse sectional view of the carrier of FIGS. l, 2 and3, in face-to-face contact with a nonmetallic support.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of another example of the carrier of thisinvention with the magnetic units of material thereof uppermost.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view, along the lines of FIG. 2, of the carrier ofFIG. 5.

FIG. 7 is a lsectional view, `along the lines of FIG. 3, of the carrierof FIG. 5.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view, along the lines of FIG. 4, of the carrier ofFIG. 5.

In the drawing, wherein the two forms of the carrier of this inventionare shown by way of example, and wherein similar reference charactersdesignate like parts throughout the several views, the letter Adesignates the lform of carrier of FIGS. l to 4, and B the form ofcarrier of FIGS. 5 to 8, and the letters C, D, E, F, G and H supportsfor the carriers A or B.

In both forms ofthe carriers, each includes, as the case may be,receiving means 10 or 10' for the media to be carried thereby; backingmeans 11 or 11'; first attaching ICC means 12 or 12'; a plurality ofunits of magnetic material 13 or 13'; second attaching means 14 or 14';and auxiliary non-magnetic means 15 or 15 to take the place, in someinstances, of the units of magnetic material.

The receiving means 10 and 10 may be substantially alike and comprisesbodies or lengths of pliable material having pluralities of pores,openings, interstices or the like. Such material may be sponge rubber,thick cloth, cotton batting, the modern plastic foams and the like. Thematerial must be such as not to be attacked by any ingredient of themedia. As one example of the size of a pliable material to form thereceiving means, it may have a thickness of about one inch, longitudinalside faces 20 or 20' of about two-and-three-quarters inches andtransverse end faces 21 or 21 of about two inches in length. Obviously,the material may have a round, oval or more angular shape or may be instrip form. The material will have a front face 22 or 22 and a back orrear face 23 or 23'.

The backing means 11 'and 11' for the carriers A and B respectively, maybe of canvas, leather, tough paper and other like pliable material.Preferably, it is of less dimensions than the length of materialconstituting the receiving means 10 or 10' as may be seen in FIGS. 1 to8 inclusive, so that, when the material of the backing means is centeredon the material of the receiving means, there will be an overhang of theedge portions of the latter, as may be seen in the drawing. Thus thesurface 'areas of the receiving means material has more than the faces22 or 22', side faces 20 or 20' and end faces 21 or 21 exposed forevaporation of the media thereon.

The first and second attaching means 12 and 14 or 12' and 14' may be anepoxy adhesive, applied to the backing means 11 or 11' and to the backfaces 23 or 23' of the receiving means 10 or 10' in order to secure themeans 10 or 10' and 11 or 11' together. The attaching means 14 or 14 isemployed to secure the unit of magnetic material 13 or 13' to the otherfaces on the respective backing means.

The units of magnetic material 13, of the carrier A of FIGS. l to 4inclusive, are preferably elongate narrow strips arranged substantiallyin parallelism and spaced apart, one from the other. The spacing is suchthat the carrier A may be bent or curved from its normal fiat conditionand will adhere to surfaces of various contours, such as the curvedsurface of the support C, which may be a pipe.

Another example of units of magnetic material is shown in FIGS. 5 to 8inclusive, illustrating the second form B of the invention. Here, theunits 13 are sections of conventional bead chains, wherein the beads arejoined to links in a universal joint connection Ias is well known in theart. The beads 30 are of magnetic material and have at least twoopposite, substantially fiat faces 31 and 32, with the faces 31 securedto the backing means 11 by the second attaching means 14'. Thisarrangement permits longitudinal and transverse curving or folding ofthe carrier B.

So that the carriers A and B may be attached to nonmetallic surfaces (asin FIGS. 4 and 8), I prefer to provide a perforation or opening 26 or26' as may Ibe seen in FIGS. 4 and 8, including the central unit ofmagnetic material 13 and the enlarged link 33 'of the central unit ofmagnetic material 13' of the carrier B. These openings or perforations26 and 26' are adapted to receive the heads 28 or 28 and portions of theShanks of the auxiliary non-magnetic means 15 or 15' as the case may be,with the leading portions 27 or 27' of the Shanks extending into thesupports E or H.

In the use of the carriers A or B the receiving means 10 or 10' may beintroduced (as dipped) into a volume of the disinfectant, deodorant orother media, then squeezed in lorder to rid the receiving means ofexcess media. The carriers may then be applied to flat metallic supportsas the supports D or G, or to the curved supports C or F, by way ofexample.

If the supports are non-metallic, the auxiliary means 15 or15 may beused, as in FIGS. 4 or 8.

The sizesof the carriers A and B may be varied to suit conditions, suchas the area available for application. They may be applied toinconspicuous portions of pipes, the underside of the overhang of tableand desk tops, corner portions of drawers, and the raised lbottoms offurniture, cabinets and the like, by way of example. In fact, they may'be spaced apart slightly on a long length of the ybacking means of thisinvention, so as to be severed into suitable lengths for use, andmarketed in the long lengths, if desirable.

Various changes may Ibe made to the form of the invention herein shownand described without departing from the spirit of the invention orscope of the claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A carrier for disinfectants, deodorants and like media, said carriercomprising:

'backing means comprising a length of pliable material having front andback faces;

receiving means for said media, comprising a length of pliable materialhaving front and back faces and openings to receive said media;

a plurality of units of magnetic material, each unit having front andback faces;

rst pliable means for attaching said receiving means to said backingmeans at a face of each;

second pliable means for attaching said units to the other face of saidbacking means, with said units spaced apart and with a similar face ofeach unit exposed; and

the spacing apart of said units being such that said carrier may befolded or curved in order to permit said units of magnetic material toretain said carrier in flat, curved or angular positions on supportstherefor having flat, curved or angular facial contours.

2. A carrier according to claim 1 characterized in that:

at least one of said units of 4magnetic material has afastener-receiving opening therethrough and said pliable means have afastener-receiving opening axially aligned with the first-namedfastenenreceiving openlng,

whereby the shank of a fastener may be inserted through said openingsand into a support for said carrier.

3. A carrier according to claim 1 characterized in that:

said units are narrow elongate units disposed substantially inparallelism.

4. A carrier according to claim 3 characterized in that:

said units are each a continuous length of magnetic material.

5. A carrier according to claim 3 characterized in that:

said units are bead chains, with the beads thereof hav'- ing at leasttwo opposite substantially flat faces, with said second pliable means inadhesive contact with one of each of said flat faces of said beads.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 10/1955 Mangels 239-57 X ALLEN N.KNOWLES, Primary Examl'zer.

U.S. Cl. X.R.

